List of African-American newspapers in Nevada

This is a list of African-American newspapers that have been published in the state of Nevada. Nevada was "the last state to remove itself from the list of states that have never had a Black newspaper" in the mid-20th century.[1]

While the late 19th century saw a flourishing African American press in many other Western states and territories, Nevada's African-American population at the time was very low, falling as low as 134 in 1900.[2] As a result, during that early period, "no Negro-owned newspaper, even of the most ephemeral kind, was published in Nevada."[3]

Newspapers

To be included in this list, a periodical should be mentioned in a reliable source as an African-American newspaper published in Nevada.

City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Las Vegas Metropolitan 1980s[4] ? Biweekly[5]
  • Published by Jerome and Michael Jackson.[5]
Las Vegas News West 1980s[6] ? Weekly[5]
  • Owned and edited by Phil Waddell.[5]
Las Vegas Las Vegas Sentinel 1980[7] 1981[7] or 1982[8] Weekly[7]
  • LCCN sn86076452
  • OCLC 14923758
  • Founded by former KZOB station manager Ed Brown.[9]
  • Merged with Las Vegas Voice.
Las Vegas Las Vegas Sentinel-Voice or Sentinel Voice[10] 1981[7] or 1982[11] 2014[12] Weekly[10]
  • One issue available online
  • Formed after Sentinel publisher Ed Brown bought out the Voice, and later edited by Lee Brown.[7]
  • Publisher Ramon Savoy announced a halt to publishing on January 31, 2014.[12]
Las Vegas Las Vegas Voice 1962[1] or 1963[13] 1981[7][14] Weekly[13]
  • Founded by Dr. Charles I. West.[1]
Reno The Sentinel 1959[15] 1975[15] Monthly newspaper[15]
  • Founded and edited by Ruth Giles Jones.[15]
Reno Observer / Weekly News[5] 1970s[16] 1983[5] Weekly[5]
  • Edited and published by Rev. Vincent Thompson.[5]
Reno Nevada Tribune 1945[15] 1940s[15] Weekly[15]
  • "[P]ublished by Earl Perkins, and edited by Milton Love, a student at the University of Nevada."[15]
  • Distinct from the 19th-century Nevada Daily Tribune of Carson City.

Other publications
City Title Beginning End Frequency Call numbers Remarks
Las Vegas Las Vegas Black Image 2009[17] current Monthly magazine[17]
Las Vegas I Sell The Shadow 1997[18] ? [18] Unknown[18]
  • Published by Kim Russell.[18]

See also

Works cited
  • Berardi, Gayle K.; Segady, Thomas W. (1990). "The Development of African-American Newspapers in the American West: A Sociohistorical Perspective". The Journal of Negro History. 75 (3/4): 96–111. doi:10.2307/3031501. JSTOR 3031501.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Danky, James Philip; Hady, Maureen E., eds. (1998). African-American newspapers and periodicals : a national bibliography. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674007888.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Highton, Jake (1990). Nevada Newspaper Days: A History of Journalism in the Silver State. Heritage West Books. ISBN 9780962304811.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Kenan, Randall (1999). Walking on Water: Black American Lives at the Turn of the Twenty-first Century. Random House. ISBN 9780679408277.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Rusco, Elmer R.; Lynch, Hollis (1975). "Good Time Coming?": Black Nevadans in the Nineteenth Century. Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780837182865.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

References
  1. Pride & Wilson 1997, p. 107.
  2. Berardi & Segady 1990, p. 110.
  3. Rusco & Lynch 1975, p. xii.
  4. Highton 1990, p. 142-143.
  5. Highton 1990, p. 143.
  6. Highton 1990, p. 142.
  7. Kenan 1999, p. 415.
  8. "About Las Vegas sentinel. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1980-1982". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  9. Kenan 1999, p. 416.
  10. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 332, ¶ 3478.
  11. "About Las Vegas sentinel-voice. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1982-current". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  12. "The Urban Voice is at Las Vegas Sentinel-Voice". 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2019-12-24. On Friday, January 31, 2014 Mr. Savoy announced on KCEP FM 88.1 that the publication will be on ‘hiatus,’ during which time he and the staff will focus on reorganizing and rebranding the publication.
  13. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 332, ¶ 3479.
  14. "About Las Vegas voice. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1963-1981". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  15. Highton 1990, p. 141.
  16. Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, Volume 4. Macmillan Library Reference. 1996. p. 1982. ISBN 9780028973661.
  17. "About Las Vegas Black Image Magazine". Retrieved 2019-12-24.
  18. Danky & Hady 1998, p. 288, ¶ 3024.
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